Developing Locally

I am using MAMP to work and test potential sites out in modx. I will be converting at least three into modx here in the near future.

I am wondering if it is a good idea to use MAMP to develop locally then upload, has any one had issues with this, is there a best practice or proven method to do this?

Also, working locally I am gettin CSF errors constantly where I have to go in and change the "Validate_referer" back to 0.

thanks in advance.

I have been using MAMP for years with no problems. The closest I’ve ever come to trouble is an occasional database version incompatibility, which is easily enough dealt with.

so then I can just upload the site when done? I would then need to export the database?

THanks for the response

Quote from: dawood at Dec 22, 2009, 04:37 PM

so then I can just upload the site when done? I would then need to export the database?

THanks for the response

Be sure the character encoding / collation stuff is the same on the remote site. Pretty much everything you need to know is here: http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/Moving_Site_To_Another_Location.

It’s not a bad idea to turn Friendly URLs off and rename .htaccess to ht.access during the first move to a remote site. Turn on the FURLs and put back .htaccess after the site is working and tested.

thanks mang